Better water quality the key to more Sydney Harbour swimming spots, council says
by Tamsin Rose New South Wales state correspondent from on (#6JENC)
City of Sydney promises to install more shark nets across city but says pollution remains the biggest obstacle'
Sewerage outflows, old pipes and pollution stand between Sydneysiders and the installation of more netted spots to swim in the city's iconic harbour, according to the City of Sydney.
The council has pledged to install more nets across the inner city for swimming including possibly at Elizabeth Bay near where Lauren O'Neill was bitten by a shark last week, but only when water quality was good enough.
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